: We're getting feedback from Mr. Gibson's agent - he's a devout catholic y'know and there is a slight problem with the cloak - it's far to dark for a character who they think is more angel than a creature of nightmares... Plus Mel doesn't do black much as you may have noticed - well not so much since Hamlet anyway...

: Oh... but I loved him in Hamlet! And in Braveheart. Weeeell we don't have to be married to the black - how about a nice midnight blue? Deep purple? Hey! What about a nice wicked deep blood red!??

: No! No!! No!!! No dark colors and especially no red!

: No red? Why ever not - Mel'd look gorgeous in red - how about a nice burgundy then? What???

: *apoplectic* Are you kidding!! The guy's a nightmare when he's on the sauce! Watch my lips - no alcohol whatsoever OK!

: *going a bright Rioja colour* OK! OK!! I get the point... - but I meant the colour! Like erm... clar... umm... maroon

: No red, man! Capisch? Oy! No color at all - he wants white OK!? *wheedles* So when he does the thing with the blade it's gonna look wunnnnnderful with all the gore and blood see? Plus it'll look really cute if it gets cut up a bit and the wimmin get little glimpses of the pecs and the malibu tanned face when he tosses the hood back and does that thing with his curls swaying - FAB! I can really see this, man - he'll get that big box office pull back again...

: *shaking head and looking puzzled* But the scythe doesn't go anyway near people's bodies - it cuts the soul away from the body... *looks even more confused* And as for white and tossing hoods back - he's gonna be masked up so you won't get the dramatic contrast between the ivory of the skull and the cloak - and there can't be any tan. Gods I hate talking to these LA movie airheads

: *back to the Rioja...* He's a bloody skeleton for f*cks sake! And anyway the actual character's features are CGI surely - and so's the action sequences! Mel's just doing the f*cking voice-sync surely?

: *so angry he's hissing* Hey! This is a class production - *dripping venom* buddy And anyway Disney has an unbreakable contract on his voice talents. What the hell d'you mean Death's a skeleton - he's like a noble warrior! A ronin! An Action Hero you dumbass!

Witch from Lancre wrote:Gillingham did get his hands onto this fabulous book but every year there was a reason he didn't make the film. Thankfully, after all these wasted years TP has it back in his hands and he was dropping hints about it being made a few years ago when he got it back but I haven't heard a word about this since.

Does anybody know what happened to the big production of Wee Free Men that was being made in the US. The film was cast and ready to start being filmed but along came all the strikes and again I haven't heard any more about it.